Best Content on The Water Network in 2017

Published on by

Best Content on The Water Network in 2017

Our editors have selected the very best content that resonated with our members in 2017:

Best Articles: 

T0eJWy5.jpg7 Key Problems Utilities Need to Solve Before Facing Future Challenges
All over the world, water utilities have to face daily multiple difficulties in order to ensure water supply and sewer service to the citizens. Most of these problems are essentially related to  technic and technology.

CpL4y3x.jpgWater Footprint: A New Paradigm for Our Fresh Water Future
To solve the fresh water problem we must first understand how much water is available and how it is being used.
 

6PZbfJZhRL6z-3zTaGpdLA.pngHow To Buy Desalination Plant?
An overview of major steps needed to create Request For Quotation for reverse osmosis desalination plant.
 

Ceramic Membranes for Separation and Reaction 2.jpgCan Pervaporation Filter Seawater in Minutes?
Researchers at Alexandria University in Egypt have found a cost-effective desalination technology which can filter salt water in minutes without using electricity.
 

tcDGnEw.jpgUBC Researchers Take the ‘Stink’ Out of Wastewater Treatment
Researchers from UBC’ s Okanagan campus have developed a new way of making wastewater treatment dramatically safer and better smelling by using common and inexpensive chemicals.

 

Best Blogs: 

hide and seak.jpegHide and Seep: Citizen Science and the Fresh Water Cycle 
Springs are the point of origin for all that follows in terms of study, protection, and sustainability of the world’s ocean and freshwater resources.
 

Impressionist.jpgHitchhikers Guide to the Water Sector - the Best Kept Secrets are Often Reserved for the Locals
The water sector is like a Van Gogh impressionist painting, when you look at it from afar, it has all the appearances of a beautiful field of sunflowers. But when you get up close, you realize it’s really a myriad of tiny brush strokes of all different colours that somehow blend to give the impression of the overall picture.

tapwater (1).jpgWater Industry Professionals Should Stop Using the Term “Toilet to Tap”
The term " Toilet to Tap" is used to describe the innovative process of treating and recycling sewage. This article argues that the name does water recycling and reuse a grave disservice and should not be used by industry professionals.
 

SheQmBp.pngWhere Is the Water Industry’s Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is recognized as the innovation “ epicenter. ” Their products consume my generation’ s interests in shaping self- validating social media profiles or awing at the convenience of ordering dinner from a smartphone app. With that, it asks the question: Why aren’t we seeing a technological revolution at this level in other places? 
 

dove-35401_960_720.pngThe Risk of Conflict Over Water - And What to Do About It On the Supply Side
The United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres predicts that " without effective management of our water resources, we risk intensified disputes between communities and sectors and increased tensions among nations."

 

Best Interviews: 

jack sim.jpgSanitation Conversation with Jack Sim, WTO and World Toilet Day Founder 
Jack Sim is the founder of multiple successful businesses, among which is the World Toilet Organization. He has dedicated himself to promoting sanitation and clean, safe toilets and is the founder of The World Toilet Day - November 19th.  

h28JUZm.pngIn Conversation with Philipp Saumweber, Chairman & CEO of Sundrop Farms 
Philip Saumweber, Chairman & CEO of Sundrop Farms. Talks about applying desalination and hydroponics for Australian tomato farms.
 

luca g cov.JPGUnderwater Conversation with Sergio and Luca Gamberini from the Ocean Reef Group 
Sergio Gamberini is the President of the Ocean Reef Group and Luca Gamberini is the  Marketing Manager. They talk about their underwater garden - Nemo's garden.



Best Resolved Questions: 

 

Best Documents: 

doc1.pngDesalination Engineering - Planning and Design 
This book provides detailed background information on the planning and engineering of brackish and seawater desalination projects for municipal water supply.
 

 


 

doc2.pngWhite Paper: Control Algae in Drinking Water Reservoirs 
This 26-pages white paper ‘Control Algae in Drinking Water Reservoirs’ provides a complete and in-depth overview of the causes and possible interventions to control algal blooms in drinking water ( raw water, intake) reservoirs.
 


 

doc3.pngCommunity-Based Flood Management
This  Integrated Flood Management Tool  presents community participation in sequential order of the disaster risk reduction cycle, which includes prevention or mitigation as well as preparedness for, response to, and recovery from, flood disasters.  

Media

Taxonomy